Small furry animal. His reaction today, friday, october 4th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im willie geist along with al roker and Natalie Morales. Matt has the morning off. Al has a busy morning, Severe Weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. A lot of questions being asked. Thats the top story this morning. The investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by police in front of hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. Pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. Pete, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of Mental Illn
Police say the woman at the center of all of this was wellknown with a history of mental issues. They discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. Reporter police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. Miriam carey. She drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret Service Officer with her car. There was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. Reporter from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u. S. Capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 Miles Per Hour at one point. Police and secret Service Officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. She again lead them on a chase around the perimeter of the grounds. Police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls
So exactly what is the president now proposing. Part of what compelled him to come out today is a full scale revote among democrats. Only 26,000 americans blue the president also facing a lot of criticism about a broken prom. He is apologizing for that again. And that is if you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance, here is the fix. He is going to allow the administration is going to allow insurers to offer those old plans, remember, there is some 3. 5, to 4 Million People according to best estimates who have gotten a letter a says we are canceling your insurance, simply because your insurance is substandard, at least by the standards of the Affordable Care act. Now, in the midst of all that, his Approval Rating is sinking. The president his credibility, now under threat. His legislative agenda for the rest of the second term, likewise. Here is what he had to say. Regardless of what congress does, im the president of the united states, and they expect me to do something abou
A kid im thinking to have the in this case, this, this police doesnt protect me protected nobody they like a criminal you know . Hard to say that but, i feel sad here is a look at the toy gun he was carrying next to a real ak 47 Assault Rifle the toy on the right two deputies now on administrative leave, which is Standard Police and the District Attorney are investigating the witness we talked with has talked with investigators the sheriff released a statement saying the public expects the investigation to be thorough, and transparent as sheriff, i will do all to see that expectation is satisfied the San Francisco parks worker accused of running over and killing a mother while she was sun bathing in holly park made a Court Appearance today he is charged with felony counts in the death of the woman leanne . Reporter well, the mroir for the suspect managed to convince a judge to lower bail amount from 350,000 to 100,000 now, in the courtroom today, at his arraignment, about 25 friends an
A bart train catches fire tonight. Kpix 5s da lin was right this sh kpix 5 news. Emergency evacuation. A bart train catches fire tonight. Kpix 5 was right there when the flames broke ut earlier. The train is still here in arein da. You cant see it. Its on the other side of the station. Very active behind me. Firefighters working with bart workers to safely remove that train. The fire started underneath this bart car. You can see the flames and black smoke billowing out of several cars. On her way home sleeping at the time. Ing i just woke up because i heard everybody stepping up. When i step outside, i see one of the cars is smoking. She took cell phone footage of the evacuated passengers. Many stood on the platform while smoke poured out of the train. Just told us to get off, and then we saw the smoke coming uf the vehicle. It seemed to get progressively worse. Firefighters believe a piece of equipment underneath the train shorted out igniting the fire. The fire was never inside the c